Hopero

What Hopero does

Hopero is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) focused on artificial intelligence, operating from Bratislava, Slovakia as the DBA brand of the Slovak Alliance for Innovative Economy (SAPIE), a registered non-governmental organization. Its mission is to help Slovak companies and public organizations prepare for, adopt, and finance AI solutions through four interconnected service pillars: AI Readiness assessment, AI Implementation consulting, Funding Advisory (covering EU and state financing sources), and Community Connection. The organization delivers its services through direct consulting engagements, training programs, workshops, and online client access via the Client Zone portal at klient.hopero.sk.

The core service portfolio is delivered by a 13-person team and covers digital maturity assessment, practical AI deployment consulting, high-performance infrastructure provision for AI workloads, programming and modern AI tools training, and financing strategy preparation. Hopero also runs the annual AI Awards competition (three editions: 2024, 2025, 2026) to recognize trustworthy AI implementations and the AI Map of Slovakia initiative to systematically identify and connect AI-active firms. Named success stories include a churn-prediction prototype for KROS, an industrial signal detection project for PredictiveDataScience, and an AI implementation for ŠVEC Group.

The business model is professional services consulting combined with grant-funded program delivery. Revenue streams derive from EU-funded consulting engagements (through the Slovak Recovery and Resilience Plan), bespoke fee-based advisory work, and event-based community engagement. Customers are primarily Slovak SMEs and public-sector organizations; the only explicitly named paying client is KROS (SMB software). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is delivered on a tailored, quote-based basis. Distribution is direct and domestic, complemented by the online client portal.

Name

Hopero

Legal name

Slovenská aliancia pre inovatívnu ekonomiku

Website

https://hopero.sk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hopero is a Slovak European Digital Innovation Hub, operated by SAPIE, that provides AI readiness, implementation, and EU funding advisory services to SMEs and public organizations in Slovakia, alongside the annual AI Awards competition and AI Map of Slovakia initiative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI and Digital Innovation Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Educational Support Services (611710), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDABAFAK

IT Architecture & Solutions Design (Enterprise/Cloud Architecture, Integration)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Technical & IT Skills Training

SECONDARYEDABAHAH

Tools & Platforms Training (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Project, Program & Product Management Training

SECONDARYBPADAOAL

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) & Reporting for Donor Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Donor Coordination, Grantmaking & Development Finance Programs

Keywords

• AI consulting services
• Digital transformation consulting
• Innovation hub services
• AI readiness assessment
• EU funding advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Bratislava

HQ country

Slovakia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Expert consulting services for AI implementation and digital transformation
2. Training and Education: Comprehensive training programs on digital and AI transformation management
3. Financing Advisory: Expert advisory on obtaining financing from European or state sources, investor consultations and financing strategy preparation

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hopero provides expert consulting and training services to help small and medium-sized businesses and public organizations in Slovakia adopt artificial intelligence and secure financing from European or state sources. The offering comprises four service pillars: AI Readiness assessment, AI Implementation consulting, Funding advisory, and Community Connection. Services are delivered through direct expert consulting engagements, training programs, and an online client portal.

Product overview

Hopero is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) that provides a portfolio of advisory and consulting services rather than a software product. The core offerings consist of four interconnected service pillars: AI Readiness assessment, AI Implementation consulting, Funding advisory, and Community Connection. These services help companies and public organizations in Slovakia adopt and integrate artificial intelligence. Hopero also organizes the annual AI Awards competition to recognize trustworthy AI implementations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Slovenská aliancia pre inovatívnu ekonomiku (SAPIE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSlovak Alliance for Innovative Economy is the operator of Hopero. SAPIE is a non-governmental organization registered with the Ministry of Interior of Slovakia, focused on innovative economy development. The alliance operates the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) for AI in Slovakia.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• KPMG Slovakia: Big Four advisory with a Slovak practice covering digital transformation, AI, and funding advisory — broad incumbent that overlaps with Hopero's enterprise-facing consulting and EU grant advisory services but at much greater scale and across many advisory domains.
• Innovate UK: UK's national innovation agency running innovation and digital adoption programs for SMEs. Operates at a different scale but fills a structurally similar role to an EU-backed EDIH, making it a useful broad-incumbent reference point for what Hopero could evolve into.

Direct peers

• FundingBox: European funding platform and innovation hub network that helps startups and SMEs secure EU grants and venture financing. Closely comparable to Hopero's funding advisory and European Digital Innovation Hub participation model across multiple EU countries.
• Digital Catapult: UK-based innovation accelerator that provides AI and digital transformation expertise, infrastructure access, and ecosystem programs to startups and SMEs — comparable to Hopero's EDIH-style role but at a larger scale and broader technology scope.
• Civitta: Central and Eastern European management consulting firm with offices across the Baltics, Slovakia, and CEE; provides innovation consulting and is listed as a Hopero data processor partner, making it a natural operational peer for AI and innovation advisory work.
• BIC Bratislava (Business Innovation Centre): Slovak business innovation center supporting SME growth, innovation advisory, and EU funding access — operates in overlapping service categories with Hopero's readiness, funding, and community connection pillars.

Others

• SAPIE (Slovenská aliancia pre inovatívnu ekonomiku): The parent non-governmental organization that operates the Hopero brand. SAPIE is thematically adjacent as a Slovak innovative economy alliance, but is structurally an ecosystem/operator peer rather than a competing service provider.
• European Digital Innovation Hubs Network: Pan-European network of EDIHs that shares methodology, training materials, and referral pathways. Hopero participates as Slovakia's AI EDIH and benefits from this ecosystem, but the network itself is the peer organization rather than a competitor.

Emerging players

• Slovak.AI: Slovak AI community and knowledge platform that curates the local AI ecosystem and runs events — overlapping with Hopero's AI Map of Slovakia and community connection pillars, but operating as a community/news outlet rather than a paid service hub.
• Centire: Slovak-based software and AI engineering consultancy serving European clients. Comparable as a regional AI delivery peer, but more product/implementation focused and less oriented to public-sector or hub-style funding advisory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hopero.slovakia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hopero-slovakia

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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